Colorado § 8-41-201 - Not applicable to common carriers.
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§ 8-41-201. Not applicable to common carriers.
The provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall not apply to common carriers by railroad but shall apply to all other employers as defined in said articles engaged in intrastate or interstate commerce, or both, except those employers, other than the Colorado division of civil air patrol, for whom a rule of liability is established by the laws of the United States.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 477, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-41-107 as it existed prior to 1990.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "A Reappraisal of the Employment Status in Social Legislation", see 23 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 392 (1951).
Annotator's note. Since § 8-41-201 is similar to § 8-41-107 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of this title, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.
Article not applicable to common carriers in interstate commerce. Freeman v. Grove, 75 Colo. 566, 227 P. 550 (1924); Denver Union Term. Ry. v. Indus. Comm'n, 97 Colo. 129, 47 P.2d 392 (1935); Zelle v. Indus. Comm'n, 100 Colo. 116, 65 P.2d 1429 (1937); Consol. Fast Freight v. Walker, 103 Colo. 347, 85 P.2d 720 (1938); Cohen v. Schaetzel, 106 Colo. 266, 103 P.2d 1060 (1940).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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